
Glass _E'M4r__ 



^.jLf77 



.V GUIDE BOOK 



AND C O >t r I. E 1 E 



POCKET MAP 

OF ST. T.OIJTS: 
gibing ^arlg ^htotn, mniisiits, ^c. 



BEING THE 



ONLY COMPLETE POCKET MAP OF THE CITY. 



PUBLISHED BY J. H. COOK. 



,T. F. TORHEY &: CO., 
GENERAL AGENTS FOR SUPPIA'ING THE TRADE. 



ST. LOUIS: 

'KINTED DV CLAYTON & BABINGTON, 204 N. THIRD STREET. 
1807. 



Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867, by 

J. H. COOIC, 

In the Clerk's office of the United States District Court for the 
Eastern District of Missouri. 



INTRODUCTION, 



Of all the great cities that have sprung so rapidly 
into existence in this glorious western country, St. 
Louis is destined to claim the precedence in com- 
mercial greatness and prosperity ; therefore, we send 
forth this little work, in an humble way, to establish 
facts and figures relative to her rapid and extraor- 
dinary growth, her location, unsurpassed for health 
and beauty, her unlimited resources, her wealth and 
power as the great Metropolis of the West. Although 
oar limits will be brief, we believe that in publishing 
such a work, we meet the demands of the public. 
We have aimed at truth and accuracy in our state- 
ments, and striven to give impartial descriptions of 
all that is most noteworthy in our city. We trust 
that our task may meet with approval. 



HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS. 



St. Louis was first settled in the year 1763, on 
the 9th day of December, by a company of French 
voyageurs, whose leader was Pierre La Clede. Very 
near the spot where they first encamped, Earnura's 
Hotel is now located. The site was named St. Louis, 
in honor of the French King, Louis XY. Pierre 
La Clede, who was an acting manager for merchants, 
at that time held a monopoly of the Indian fur trade 
on the Mississippi and Missouri rivera. He made 
immediate preparation for the permanent settlement 
of his new post, and after a voyage to New Orleans, 
returned to take possession of the home he had 
founded on the shores of the Mississippi. With 
proud anticipations, he looked forward to a day when 
this place, which he had chosen, should become the 
emporium of the West. Although these prophecies 
were not accomplished in his time, his descendants 
have lived to witness its unparalleled growth and the 
brilliant reputation it has attained. Wonderful has 
its progress been in all those arts that tend to refine 



AD VERTISE MENTS. 



W. F. BOOGHER. D. It. IIOOGHER. 



Boogher Brothers, 




Importers and (M j Oealefs in 

Diamonds, Watches, 

JEWEliiULOCB,FiC<GODDUc, 

ma'n^ufacturers of silver ware. 

watches and jewelry repairej' 
by the best avorkmen a^u' 
warra:n^ted. 

PRECIOUS STONES RESET; HAIR JEWELRY. 

MASONIC AND ODD FELLOWS' BADGES, OF 
EVERY DESIGN, MADE TO OKDEK. 



All Orders 2^'oniptff/ attended to, ^^^ 

BOOGHER BROTHERS, 

(Under Soiiihcru Hokl.) 106 S. Fifth. Street, 

ST. LOUIS, >I<>, 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 



and civilize. Where once the wild buifalo and the 
untamed savage roved through trackless forests, busy 
thrift and industry now hold undisputed sway. The 
mighty trees have been leveled to the ground to give 
place to palatial residences and gigantic storehouses. 
The wilderness has disappeared; hundreds of church 
spires reach upward to Heaven; ignorance has been 
banished; schools and seminaries founded with 
liberal endowments, and under their judicious man- 
agement education is prospering in our midst. 

Could Pierre La Clede have looked upon St. Louis 
as it now stands, what joy and amazement would 
have filled his soul ! Her newspapers have an im- 
mense and ever increasing circulation; the wealth 
and incorruptible integrity of her business men are 
too well known to need comment — in this last respect 
St. Louis is far ahead of any other western city. 
Brilliant, however, as her present may be, the future 
spreads out a golden vista far more glorious. When 
the Pacific Eailway shall unite us to California, floods 
of riches will be poured into her lap, and new tides 
of prosperity throb along her veins. From a barren 
waste, inhabited by Indians and Missouri boatmen, 
St. Louis has steadily advanced to an estimated valu- 
ation of ninety millions of taxable property, and a 
population of ttvo hundred and fifty thousand! Agri- 



Ain'ERTlSE.Mf^iNTS. 



„ l 3^j^5i^ll >(tiL, Tr L,.^,flL> i ' ^ 



p 



2 "^ MUSIC ^ STORE, g 

r] Ko. 205 N. Fourth street, ST. LOUIS. ^ 

t^ SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST. 

RICH. J. COMPTON, 



AVHOLESALE DEALER IN 



Musical Merchandise 

AND MUSIC PUBLISHER, 

205 N. Fourth Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Southern Hotel Book k News Depot 



jr- 3EX« 0OO3E3:.,. 



DEALER IN 



BOOKS, STATIONERY 

RNECUTim POCKET BOOK JAPWc. 



Periodicals, &c., delivered to Subscribers at the Lowest Rates. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 9 



culture^ commerce iind manufactures, all combined, 
must make her one of the great cities of the world. 
She has everything necessary to achieve permanent 
wealth and lasting prosperity 3 nor is the industry 
lacking that is essential to make her resources avail- 
able. Look, then, at her unsurpassed location, situ- 
ated in the very centre of an immense agricultural 
and mineral region. Her soil cannot be excelled 
anywhere, and her mineral resources exceed those of 
any other State. She is surrounded with every 
material necessary for manufacturing purposes. Sit- 
uated, too, at the central point of the navigation of 
the Mississippi, with the wild and turbid waters of 
the Missouri running past her limits, why should she 
not increase in wealth, and power, and population, 
until in all the United States she has no rival ? 
Nature has bestowed upon her the most lavish gifts : 
to the West lie extensive leads of iron, lead, tin and 
coal, magnificent forests of timber, rich and fertile 
lands for tillage and pasturage. Farther bej^ond lie 
wide-spreading plains, the wastes of the desert, the 
trail of the Santa Fe and Indian trader, Colorado 
and Montana, and the golden lands of California -, to 
the left lie the rich valley of the Meramec, and far- 
ther on the valleys of the Gasconade and Osage — the 
Meramec and the Gasconade with their forests of 
yellow pine, the Osage with its eighteen thousand 



10 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



"Opposition to Monopoly." 

J. F, TORREY. J. F. TORREY. 

J. F.TORREY&CO. 

WHOIESAIE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN 

Books, Stationery, 



I>EIiIOi:>ICALS, 



CHIP miwmi MAPS, 

Albums, Photographs, &c. 

No. 20 North Fourth Street 

Opii. COURT HOUSE. ST. LOUIS, MO. 



Orders from the Country punctually attended to, an(1 

forwarded as quick as by any other House 

in Saint Louis. 



HISTOEY Oi' ST. LOUIS. H 

square miles, rich in mineral and agricultural 
resources. 

Since the year 1768, St. Louis has advanced with 
a steady growth, and her population has become 
settled. Buildings of a comfortable and substantial 
character have sprung up like magic, lands have been 
cultivated, and everything has prospered. Even as 
early as 1767, Vide PocJie, or Carondelet, was founded 
by Delor de Tregette. Other settlements were also 
formed along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. 
Affairs prospered until the winter of 1779, when the 
inhabitants, alarmed by the movements of Northern 
Indians, were aroused into erecting temporary means 
uf defense. After completing these works, they heard 
nothing more of a threatening character from the 
Indians, and their fears were allayed. The winter 
passed away in peace and quietness j but, alas ! it was 
otherwise in the spring. The Indians attacked the 
settlement in May, but were most bravely repulsed 
by the inhabitants, with a loss of twenty men inside 
of the defenses. Our space will not admit of further 
details. The Indians did not venture to make 
another attack after this, having been taught that 
they could not trifle with the whites. 

During this year, 1779, there was a great flood, 
the water in the river rising to a point thirty feet 



llJ ADVERTISEMENTS. 



41J N. Fourth Street, 41? 

Bet. LOCUST & ST. CHARLES STS., ST. LOUIS. 



GOODYEAR'S 

India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Company 

(OF NEW YORK,) 
Manufacturers and Dealers in 

India Rubber Goods! 



-COMPRISING- 



Druggists^ Goods, Stationers^ Goods^ 

BUTTONS, PIPES, PIANO COVERS, 

COMBS, TOYS. SYRINGES, 

CANES, BALLS, AIR GOODS, 

AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF 

HARD 8t SOFT RUBBER GOODS! 

Manufactured in tk United States at Lowest Manufacturers Prices. 

Also, and extensive assortment of 

DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES & TOILET ARTICLES. 

jjmujt, ej.builiieemei, 

417 North Fourth Street. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 13 

higher than has ever been known before or since. 
In November^ 1809, the inhabitants presented a peti- 
tion to the Court of Common Pleas for this district, 
asking to be incorporated as a town. A charter was 
granted, and proper officers appointed, the limits of 
the town established, and all other matters connected 
therewith decided in a satisfactory manner. At this 
period, the population was only fourteen hundred. 
From 1810 to 1820 the population increased to 4,132; 
in 1830, it had reached to 6,694. Since the last men- 
tioned date its growth has been unparalleled, as the 
annexed table will show : 

Population hi 1830 0,004 

" 1840 16,04!) 

" " 1850 74,439 

" " 1852 94,000 

" 1800 150,276 

i' 1807 250,000 

In a proportionate ratio, the city has increased in 
wealth. We take the the following estimate of va- 
luation from the assessment of the different years 
rated : 

1^0 $ 8,082,500 00 

1^^'>0 29,670,049 24 

"1860 05,570,213 00 

At the present time, the estimated valuation is 
about ninety millions of dollars. In 1815, an exten- 
sion of power was granted to the executive officers 
of the town, streets were laid out and opened, ferries 
Hcensed, etc, Fn Docembor, 1822, St. Louis made 



14 • ADVERTISK.NFKNTS;. 



C. M. 


CASWELL, 


N.W. Corner , 


"^^■- N.W. Corner 


Fomtli 


^^m Fourth 


AND 

Walnut, ^m 


ml^W Walnut, 


St. Louis. 


^^^C^ St. Louis. 


Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer In 



Havana k Domestic 



(Havana Cigars are of New Orleans Importation.) 

SmokingTobacco of all Grades 

AMONG WHICH ARE 

LONE JACK, BROWN DICK, JOCKEY CLUB. 
GOLD LEAF, TLTRKESH, PERIQUE, 

FRENCH CORPORAL, &c,, &c. 

Caswell's Mayflowef Fine Cu! Ctiewing, 

(BEST IN USE.) 

Large Assortment of Bruyer and Meerschaum Goods. 

g'irScnd for Circular and ri-i<'<' WA. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 15 

application to be incorporated as a city. The Legis- 
lature granted tlie request, and Wm. Carr Lane was 
elected Mayor, an office he retained until 1829. Al- 
dermen, a Eegister, and an Assessor were also elected, 
together with other minor officers, and St. Louis 
became a city ofsome pretensions. In the year 1817 
the ^^ General Pike," the first steamboat that ever as- 
cended the Mississippi Eiver, landed at St. Louis. 
There are those still living in our city who remember 
this occasion, and the fear and consternation it ex- 
cited. People looked in amazement upon this strange 
craft that ploughed its way through the waters, with- 
out the assistance of sail or oar. The Voyageurs 
viewed the monster with heavy hearts and muttered 
execrations, fearing that this innovation upon the 
wasp and cordelle and the red feathered cap would do 
away entirely with any need of their services. The 
first Protestant church was built under the auspices 
of the Presbyterian Society, in the year 1829, Its 
pastor was the Eev. S. P. Giddings. There were 
other denominations at that time who worshipped in 
different places, but this was the first church erected. 
In 1844, St. Louis was visited with a disastrous ca- 
lamity. There was another flood of the Mississippi, 
spreading ruin and destruction far and wide. Busi- 
ness had scarcely recovered from the stagnation 
consequent upon its effects, when cholera, that awful 



16 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



M. II. SAXTON & €0 



Wholesftlc and Retail Dealers In 



AND THE 

MASON & HAMLIN 

CABINET ORGAN 



SAXTON & CO. 

HAVE THE 

LARGEST & FINEST STOCK 



irS^ TIIK WEST. 



UNDER THE SOUTHERN HOTEL 

Cor. Fifth and Walnut Streets, 
ST. T.OXJIS. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 17 

pestilence, appeared in the midst of the terrified in- 
habitants. This was late in the fall of 1848; and its 
progress was checked during the winter by the cold 
weather. In spring, however, it burst forth with re- 
newed violence, and swept along in its resistless 
course, death following in its train. None were 
spared. • The rich and strong and mighty, the poor 
and weak and feeble, all alike were stricken down by 
the hand of this fatal disease. In the city, desolation 
reigned triumphant. The- streets were lonely and 
deserted, the busy hum of trade and industry was 
silenced, the tramping of countless feet, the roll of 
carriages were no longer heard. What pen can 
paint the awful horror of that time ? 

ITor was the cholera the only calamity that threat- 
ined to involve St. Louis in hopeless ruin.v^ Fire fol- 
lowed pestilence ; a fire that destroyed fifteen squares 
of buildings, twenty-three steamboat-s, and property 
involving a loss of half a million dollars, in thirty 
minutes. The entire loss was eleven millions of dol- 
lars. But St. Louis, Phoenix-like, sprang from her 
ashes with renewed strength and vigor, and in 1851 
had recovered nearly all that she had lost. Since 
that time she has rapidly increased in population, 
notwithstanding the disastrous effects that the war 
has had upon her trade. Never was she more flour- 
ishing than at the present date, 1867. 



18 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



M. H.8AXT0N&C0. 

SOLE AGEXTS FOR THE 

STECK PIANO, 

THE ONLY PIANO THAT 

Combines the Apffe mode of Stnnging 



With the Bell Metal Plate, 

WHICH COMBINATION GIVES 

THE STECK PIANO THE CLEAEEST 
AND MOST BELL-LIKE TONE 

OF ANY PIANO MADE ; ALSO, 

SOLE AGENTS FOR THE 

CABINET ORGANS 

WHICH HAVE RECEIVED 

AT THE PRINCIPAL EXHIBITIONS 

IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE 

Pd Prize Medal attlie Pans [xpoioo of I8B/ 

SAXTON & CO. 

Under Southern Hotel, Cor, Fifth <& Walnut Sts. 



PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 



THE COUET HOUSE. 

This massive structure is one of the finest in the 
United States. It is built of brick, stone, wood and 
iron, and will probably stand for ages, as a monu- 
ment of human skill and ingenuity. It presents a 
front on four streets, Market, Chestnut, Fourth and 
Fifth. It may well attract the attention of the 
beholder by the strength and beauty of its architec- 
ture. Nor should any visitor in our city neglect to 
survey its interior, and from its dome look down 
upon one of the most magnificent panoramas that 
nature or art ever spread before the human gaze. 
Miles upon miles of territory the eye can behold at a 
single glance. The gazer may well feel his soul 
dilate with enthusiasm. Below him, at his feet, lies 
the busy city, with its countless spires and hurrying 
throngs. On the east, the river rushes swiftly along, 
bearing upon its bosom a host of " floating palaces," 
and beyond, through the American Bottom long 
trains of cars speed onward. On the west, the 
scenery is varied, but picturesque in its character. 
Everywhere, the view is delightful. 

The cost of the Court House was over $2,000,000. 



20 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



J. A. SEIBERT, 

hotographer, 

N.W.Cor. Fifth & Market, 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 

PAETICULAE ATTENTION 

GIVEN TO COPYING AND 

ENLAEGING OLD PICTUEES, 

EETOUCHED IN INDIA INK 
AND PAINTED IN OIL 

OB, WATER CO LOBS. 

Porcelain Pictures 

Taken all Sizes, 

Plain or Fainted, 

In Oil or "W^ater Colors. 

THEmillLIMIlllCmEIEVISlTE 



EXECUTED IN THE MOST PERFECT 

STYLE AND AT THE LOWEST RATE. 



IITSTOUY OF ST. LOUIS. 21 

THE CUSTOM HOUSE. 
This splendid building is constructed of Missouri 
marble, and is situated on Third street, adding much 
to the appearance of that thoroughfare. 

THE CATHEDEAL. 
This is the largest church in the city. Its front 
is of polished free stone, fifty feet in height. Its ap- 
pearance is solid and massive. It has a chimo of 
bells, and a large clock which strikes the hours and 
quarter hours on the bells. Our space will not admit 
of any extended description of the places we have 
mentioned or shall mention, but we advise all tour- 
ists and persons who design locating in any western 
city, to visit the spots we designate. 

THE MEECHANTS' EXCHANGE. 

This elegant structure, built of ^^A'i '' . ; ^.v ^• 
perfect in all its details, and is situated on Main 
street, between Market and Walnut streets. The 
Exchange Company have displayed taste as well as 
energy, in providing for the commercial wants of 
their growing metropolis. 

THE MEECANTILE LIBEAEY. 

The Mercantile Library Association, twenty-one 
years old, from a small and feeble beginning has 
reached a proud position, and towers giant-like above 



22 ADVERTTSE\!ENT>5. 

JOInTES' 

COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, 

ODD FELLOWS' HALL, 

Corner of Fourth and Locust Streets. 



Hours of Instruction from 9 a, ni. to 12; from 

2 p, m. to 4; and on the evenings of Monddi/^ 

Tuesday, Thursday a7id Friday of eacJt week. 



JONES' COMMEECIAL COLLEGE is conducted 
upon the only feasible plan that can bo adopted to 
produce competent and practical Accountants. It 
combines the science of the school with the actual 
business of the counting-house^ under the immediate 
personal control of a practical Accountant, who, pre- 
vio'v-ly adopting teaching as a profession, served 
,' i\ julux' apprenticeship to the business in one of the 
most extensive business houses in the West. 

Many of the Students in attendance spend one portion ot 
each day in the school, and the rcmainino: part of the same 
daj' in journalizinofand postino;' the books of their eniphn'ers. 
It is ii«)W pretty generall}' understood in tliis eonnnunity that 
the direct way to secure a reliable book-keeper, is to select a 
youno- trentlcman of u-ood moral character, active business 
habits, familiarized with the ordinary routine of the oltice, 
send hini-to Jones' Connnercial (^'oliege, have him comi)U'te 
a thorou<rh course, and put him at once in cliaroe of your 
books. For circulars, call at the olRce of the Boolc-keepiuii' 
Department, corner Fourth and liOeust Streets, or address 

JONATHAN JONES, 

sr. i.oius, MO. 



I 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUTS. 23 

all similar organizations west of the Atlantic cities. 
Their building, situated on the corner of Fifth and 
Locust streets, is well adapted to the purpose for which 
it was erected. The first story is occupied by stores ; 
in the second we find the Library and Heading Eooms j 
and, in the third, the Grand Hall, where breathless 
audiences have listened to the voices of eminent ora- 
tors, and many of the first men in our country. The 
Library now contains 28,000 volumes of carefully 
selected literature, and the reading rooms are stocked 
with papers and magazines from every point in the 
United States, and many parts of Europe. 

THE POLYTECHNIC BUILDING. 

This is located at the corner of Seventh and 
Chestnut streets. It cannot be surpassed in this 
country for the beauty of design and elegance of 
finish in its interior. The architecture throughout is 
chaste and beautiful. Visitors are always welcomed 
kindly, and entertained hospitably. 

ODD FELLOWS' HALL. 

Corner of Fourth and Locust, is the finest Odd 
Fellows' Hall west of New York; is occupied by 
nine Lodges and two Encampments. The fraternity 
throughout the west meet here in Friendship and 
Love. 



24 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



3^0IsrE-2" IFOK, ^LIj. 



ABRAHAMS & CO.'S 

Old Established Eagle Loan Office. 



We call the attention of the public to the above 
heading, as also our advertisement; as we have our 
business established, we wish all that visit St. Louis 
to understand, that, if at any time they are placed in 
an embarrassing position as regards financial affairs, 
they can always be accommodated with any amount 
they may require, at our house, providing they have 
the security to leave with us. Security of all kinds 
are taken. If you wish to make purchases, and buy 
for 50 per cent, lower than first prices, you will find 
that we actually do believe in the old rule of 

'^ QiiicU Sales and Small I*rofits.^^ 

We have constantly on hand Goods of all descrip- 
tions for sale. Do not fail to call on us; we shall 
be pleased to see you. 

ABRAHAMS & CO. 

317 OLIVE STREET. 



All business with us is strictly confidential, and bear in 
mind, WE HAVE NO BRANCHES IN THIS CITY. 

The Store on Olive Street, between Third and Fourth, 
^ IsTO. 317, '^tBa 
With the name of Abrahams & Co. on it, and the Bi^^ Eagle 
over the door is our oflice. 



FACTS AND STATISTICS. 



We shall now endeavor to give you some idea of 
the position and immensity of St. Louis. Twenty 
square miles are included within its city limits; its 
river front, including Carondelet, is about twelve 
Qiiles ; most of its buildings are constructed of brick 
or stone; the streets, adjacent to the river, and those 
approaching it at right angles, are generally devoted 
to the wholesale business of the city; the levee is 
usually crowded with steamers that come and go 
constantly from New Orleans and St. Paul, and all 
intermediate points on the Mississippi — from the 
mountains of Montana, on the Missouri river, three 
thousand miles distant — from the Ohio, the Illinois, 
and all the other navigable tributaries to the great 
^^ Father of Waters." 

And, now, having referred briefly to the commer- 
cial aspect of the city, Vv^e will speak of another 
prominent feature, adding much to its importauoo, 
its Hotels. 



26 ADVERTISEMENTS. 



S. E. Cor. Foiirtli and Olive St. 



NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS 

AT THE 

GreatCiothing House 



■OF- 



If you want anything in that line 

EXAMINE HIS PRICES! 

KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE 

CELEBRATED 0. E. SHIRTS 

AND 

Chas. Belle Kid Gloves, 



ALL OPPOSITION DEFIED 

AT 

S. Fi. Corner Fonrth and Olive. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 



27 




SOTJTH:EE.lNr HOTEL. 

This hotel may claim precedence of all th^ others^ 
and for the elegance of its architecture^ the comfort 
and splendor of its apartments, cannot be excelled 
upon this continent. With its central location, and 
its manifold attractions, we cannot wonder that it 
has become the great thoroughfare for travelers, 
business men and merchants. 

This magnificent structure was erected by a stock 
company, at a cost of one million two hundred and 
fift}^ thousand dollars, and subsequently sold to 
Eobert Campbell. On the 6th of September, 1865, it 
\vas opened by Messrs. Laveille, Warner & Co., who 
leased it for ten vears. 



28 HISTORY OF ST, LOUIS. 



PLANTERS' HOUSE. 

This well known hotel is under the supervision of 
Messrs. Fogg & Sparr, Proprietors. It enjoys a 
good reputation, and is patronized by a large share 
of traveling and local custom. 

BARNUM'S HOTEL. 

Corner of Second and Walnut Streets, is also a 
first-class hotel. 

EVERETT HOUSE. 

Fourth Street, between Olive and Locust Streets. 



OLIVE STREET HOTEL, 

Corner of Second and Olive Streets. 



LA CLEDE HOTEL, 

Corner of Fifth and Chesnut Streets. 



ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, 

Fourth Street, Bet. Morgan and Franklin Ave. 

BROADWAY HOTEL, 

Corner of Biddlc Street and Broadway. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 20 



j^.3yCTJSEIyIE2SrTS. 



YAEIETIES THEATPtE, 
Market Street, between Fifth and Sixth Streets. 
Geo. J. Deagle, Lessee. This is a first-class theatre, 
composed of a good stock company. Mr. Deagle 
spares no pains or expense in putting upon his stage 
the finest scenery and best performers. 
Admission 75, 50 and 25 cents. 

DE BAE'S OPEEA HOUSE, 

Pine Street, between Third and Fourth Streets. 
Ben De Bar, Proprietor and Manager, A first-class 
theatre. Always a star performer engaged at this 
theatre. Full orchestra, cushioned chairs, and every 
thing complete as a model theatre. 

Admission 75, 50 and 25 cents. 

WILSON'S MINSTEELS, 

Corner Fifth and Pine Streets. The only first- 
class minstrel troupe in the city. Full troupe of star 
performers and first-class orchestra. This house is 
always filled during its regular performances and 
matinees. Fred. Wilson, Proprietor and Manager. 

Admission 75 and 50 cents. 

OLYMPIC THEATEB, 

; Fifth and Walnut Streets, opposite the Southern 
Hotel. Soon to be opened. 



HO HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 



GEEMAN THEATRE, 
(Or Apollo Garden,) Fourth and Poplar Streets. 
Admission 75 and 50 cents. 

MERCANTILE LIBRARY HALL, 
Corner Fifth and Locust Streets. Is frequently 
up.ed for concerts, given only by first-class performers. 



St. Louis is likewise celebrated for its beautiful 
Churches, and numerous institutions of education 
and philanthropy. It possesses 107 Churches, eight 
Convents,four public Libraries, one High School, three 
Universities, two Medical Colleges, nine Academies 
and Seminaries, and 51 other Schools, conducted by 
private individuals, or religious denominations. 
There are also 29 District Schools, and a number of 
free Evening Schools. The number of scholars ex- 
ceeds 25,000, The school fund is liberal, and a 
number of new buildings for educational purposes 
are about to be erected. 

There are 13 Orphan Asylums in the city, an Insti- 
tution for the Blind, a "Widows' Home, a House of 
Refuge, an Insane Asylum, a Girls' Industrial Homo, 
a City Mission House, a Marine Hospital, and four 
other different hospitals, and 20 cemeteries.* The 
Masons arc well represented by 11 Lodges, and 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 31 

several Chapters and Encampments of Knights Tern- 
plars J the Odd Fellows by 17 Lodges and five En- 
campments ', the Good Templars, by three Lodges. 
The city boasts of 32 incorporated Banks, 23 private 
Banking Houses, 40 Home Insurance Companies, 
four daily English papers, and three German, 10 
weeklies, six monthlies, a Daily Trade Circular, a 
Price Current, a Market Eeporter, and Legal Eecord 
and Advertiser. There are 10 Foreign Consuls re- 
siding in St. Louis. 

There are seven Horse Eailway Companies, a 
Merchants Exchange, a Board of Trade, and a Board 
of Health, in the City. It also possesses a Steam 
Fire Department that cannot be equalled, and a Me- 
tropolitan Police consisting of about three hundred 
officers and men, under the control of the Chief, Col. 
Fenn. St. Louis has five Express Offices, nine 
Packet Companies, and eight Railroads from differ- 
ent, points of the Union centre here. The number 
of its lawyers is 250, and of dentists 31. Last year 
there were about 1,400 buildings erected, of these 
1,137 were of brick or stone. Among these struc- 
lures were 18 churches, 11 brick school houses, throe 
public halls, one hotel, 76 stores, 53 business ware- 
houses and shops, four mills, 16 machine shops, one 
market house, and over 1,000 dwelling houses. Its 
leading business men sold last year more than two 



32 HISTORY OF ST. LOU IS, 

hundred million dollars worth of goods. The present 
water works supply the city quite plenteously at 
present; but new ones are being erected six miles 
from the river, and these last are expected to furnish 
a superior article, and in more copious quantities. 
Good and pure water adds much to the health of 
cities. The mountain trade is a useful and lucrative 
branch of business in St. Louis. Steamers laden 
with freight, are sent up the Missouri Eiver a dis- 
tance of over 3,000 miles, and ofren return with 
golden cargoes. 

Although St. Louis is an inland city, the extent 
of its navigable waters is greater than that of many 
places washed by the waves of the ocean, places too 
that have attained some importance as maratime 
ports. The Mississippi with its mighty tributaries, 
navigable for thousands of miles, stretches north and 
south, east and west. 

The war affected St. Louis disastrously, torn as 
she was by contending opinions. Her trade - and 
commerce suffered terribly. Her railroads were in 
many instances partially destroj^ed, while the soldiers 
of both armies spread ruin and. devastation through- 
out the State, Enterprise and industry were para- 
lyzed, and the elements of prosperity were almost 
entirely destroj'cd. But now cver^^thing is changed. 
Her citizens have rallied to her assistance, and with 



HISTORY or ST. LOUIS. 33 

renewed strength and indomitable energy, sought to 
hide the despoiling hand of war by the fruits of suc- 
cessful business enterprise. Their efforts have not 
been made in vain, and the tide of emigration toward 
our city has received a fresh and irresistible impetus. 
St. Louis, after passing through the hands of the 
French and Spanish, was purchased by the United 
States, and is now almost as cosmopolitan in its 
character as N"ew York. , Its society is still marked 
by French courtesy, and Germany is largely repre- 
sented in all business and professional circles. 

The city is built on rock, and is a solid city in 
every respect, as regards its wealth, the material of 
its buildings, and the reputation of its leading citi- 
zens. Everything tends to make it a vast commer- 
cial and manufacturing centre. Missouri, rich in 
mineral wealth, will contribute to its prosperity in 
the latter point of view, and the facilities which it 
possesses for transportation by river and railroad, 
will scatter its agricultural products and manufac- 
tures over an immense area of country. The com- 
merce of the world will be borne to its harbor from 
San Francisco and Asia on the one side, from ISTew 
Orleans, ISTew York and Europe on the other. A 
railroad bridge across the Mississippi, an immense 
and magnificent structure, is at present being erected 
directly opposite the city; w^hen completed, it will 



34 HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 



]iot only facilitate business to an extraordinary de- 
gree^ but prove an architectural ornament to Saint 
Louis. With energetic vigor another public work is 
being pushed forward, the North Missouri Eailwa}-, 
and will soon form a junction with the Iowa Central 
Eailway, and this latter line is again expected to 
connect, in September or October, with the Minnesota 
Central Eailway, at Austin, Minnesota. By means 
of these various railways, so speedily to be completed, 
a tide of business, that formerly flowed into Chicago, 
will set toward St. Louis. The advantages of a 
through all rail route from this city to St. Paul are 
greater than is generally realized. St. Louis is des- 
tined to become the Western Metropolis of the 
United States, second to no other city in the Union, 
save New York. Time will prove our statement. 

In conclusion, we would urge all travelers and 
tourists, new comers, and our citizens generally, who 
are still unacquainted with many portions of their 
own metropolis, to visit the various places we have 
designated. Others which we have not had space to 
mention, are also well worthy of your attention — the 
parks, the fair grounds, the tobacco warehouses, the 
foundries and machine shops, the sugar refineries and 
wholesale business houses, etc., etc. The pleasure 
derived from the inspection of these various localities 
will more than repay them for their trouble. But 



HISTORY or ST. LOUIS. 35 



through tne intricate windings of so vast a cit^^ as 
St. Louis, one needs a sure and reliable guide to its 
different points, in order to be saved the trouble of 
inquiry. This guide we are able to offer the public 
in the Map of St. Louis, which we present for inspec- 
tion, in all the details of which the most minute accu- 
racy has been attained. This Map traces the routes 
of all the street railway's, points out the depots, the 
steamboat landings, the principal hotels, the public 
buildings, the parks and fair grounds, etc., etc. There 
is also a table attached, arranged in alphabetical and 
numerical order, with the aid of which any one is able 
to reach any part of the city desired, and this, too, 
without asking a single question. Nor is it to 
strangers alone that this Map will prove useful ; our 
own citizens will find it of benefit in many cases. 
Great care has been taken to make it a correct and 
faithful guide, and one upon Avhich the public can 
rely. Instances occur daily, in which people wish to 
know in what portion of the city certain localities 
are situated. A7ith the assistance of our Map they 
can ascertain in a few moments, and thus save them- 
selves the annoyance of asking questions. 

Strangers, who wish to visit the ^^celebrities ^' of 
St. Louis, are often bewildered by the number of our 
street railways, and take a route that will not lead 
Ihem to tho point dcsirod, only to find out their mis- 



36 HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 

tnke when it is too lute. By consulting this little 
guide, they would have saved themselves much time, 
and the inconvenience of a profitless ride on tlio 
street cars. Eut we have already said enough, and, 
perhaps, more than enough, to convince our readers. 
The Map will speak for itself, and we will venture to 
assert, that its possessors will be sure to admit its 
merits after trial. 

To Mr. Theodore Fay, the draughtsman of this 
Map, the public, as well as myself, will feel indebted 
for the correctness, accuracy, and manner in which 
it has been made. Mr. Fay has been for a long time 
employed in the City Engineer's office, and, conse- 
quently has all facilities of knowing every crook and 
t'lrn in the city. He has spared no pains in his work 
to make it most valuable and indispensable. 

The reader is respectfully referred to the different 
advertisements which appear throughout the book ; 
they are all first-cLass merchants and gentlemen. 



SHAW'S GAEDEN. 
This beautiful garden is about four miles from the 
Court House, situated in a south-westerly direction. 
Although we have aimed to speak principally of 
what is in the cit}', Ave cannot leave this unmentioned. 
To the touri'^t and others w]io>je eves would feast on 



HISTORY OF 8T. LOUIS. S7 

the lavishments of nature and the skill of man, this 
should find a place in his memory. It is filled with 
liowers, shrubs^ trees and plants, procured from all 
parts of the globe. As a private garden, it is unsur- 
passed in the United States, and in justice to Mr. 
Shaw we feel obligated to ask all to go and see it. 
Although there are many individuals who, by their 
means, have greatly beautified our city, and it seems 
unfair to mention one and not another, yet, as a 
great enterprise and prominent feature of the city, 
we ask especial attention to this. 



oh:tje.oh::es. 



BAPTIST. 

Beaumont Street Baptist Church, Cor. Beaumont 
and Morgan Streets. 

Benton Street Mission Sunday School, North Mar- 
ket and Twelfth Streets. 

Eighth Street Baptist Church, (Colored,) Green 
and Eighth Streets. 

First African Baptist Church, Almont Street, 
between Fourth and Fifth. 

First German Baptist Church, Corner Carr and 
P'ourteenth Streets. 



38 HISTORY OF ST. LOUTS. 

Second Baptist Churchy Sixth and Locust Streets. 

Third Baptist Clmrch, Clark Avenue^ between 

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets. 

Fourth Baptist Church, North Market and Twelfth 

Streets. 

CHPJSTIAK. 

No. 1702; Cor. Seventeenth and Olive Streets. 

CHURCH OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

Corner of Eighth and Walnut Streets. 

CIBIBERLAND PEESBYTERIAN. 

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Twenty- 
fourth and Carr Streets. 

First German Presbyterian Church, Pratt Avenue 
and Wash Street. 

Reformed Presbj^terian Church, Mercer Street an(! 
Gamble Avenue, 

United Presbyterian Church, Corner of Fifth and 
Locust Streets. 

CONGREGATIONAL . 

First Trinitarian Congregational Church, Tenth 
and Locust Streets. 

Pilgrim Congregational Church, Washington and 
Ewing Avenues. 

EPISCOPAL. 

Christ Church, Thirteenth and Locust Streets. 

Grace Church, Warren Street, between Eleventh 
and Twelfth Streets. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 39 



Mission of the Holy Cross, La Salle Street and 
St. Ange Avenue. 

St. George's Church, Seventh and Locust Streets. 

St. John's Church, Sixth and Spruce Streets. 

Trinity Church, Eleventh Street and Washington 
Avenue. 

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN. 

Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church, Franklin 
Avenue and Eleventh Street. 

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lafayette 
and Fulton Streets. 

GERMAN EVANGELICAL. 

St. John's Church, Madison and Fourteenth Sts. 
St. Mark's Evangelical Church, Jackson and Sou- 
hird Streets. 

St. Paul's Church, 1810 Decatur Street. 

St. Peter's Church, Fifteenth and Carr Streets. 

GERMAN LUTHERAN. 

Bethlehem Church, Corner of Saulsbury and Thir- 
teenth Streets. 

HEBREW. 

Biiai-el Congregational, Cerre and Sixth Streets. 
United Hebrew Congregation, IsT. Sixth Street. 

INDEPENDENT EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT 
(CHURCH. 

Mound and Eighth Streets. 



40 HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 



METHODIST. 

First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Benton 
and Thirteenth Streets. 

Second German M. E. Church, Wash Street, bet. 
Tenth and Eleventh. 

Third German M. E. Church, Soulard and Fulton 
Streets. 

First African M. E. Church, Seventh Street, bet. 
O'Fallon and Cass Avenue. 

First U. M. E. Church, Eleventh and Locust Sts. 

Second U. M. E. Church, Sixth Street, between 
Franklin Avenue and Wash Street. 

Free Methodist Church, Fifteenth and Gay Sts. 

Simpson Chapel, Tenth and North Market Streets. 

St. Paul's Chapel, (Colored,) Eleventh and Green 
Streets. 

SOUTHEKN M. E. CHUHCH. 
First M. E. Church, Eighth and Washington Ave. 
Centenary Church, Corner Fifth and Pine Streets. 
Wesley Church, Chouteau Ave. and Eighth Street. 
St. Paul's M. E. Church, Fourteenth and Jefferson 
Streets. 

NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, 

Corner of Sixth and St. Charles Streets. 
German New Jerusalem Church, Fourteenth and 
Howard Streets. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 41 

PRESBYTERIAN, (New School.) 
First Presbyterian Church, Lucas Place and Four- 
teenth Street. 

North Presbyterian Church, Eleventh and Cham- 
bers Streets. 

PRESBYTERIAN, (Old School.) 

Central Presbyterian Church, Eighth and Locust 
Streets. 

Pine Street Church, Eleventh and Pine Streets. 

Providence PrCvSbyterian Church, Webster Street. 

Second Presbyterian Church, Fifth and Walnut 
Streets. 

Sixteenth Street Church, Sixteenth and Walnut 
Streets. 

ROMAN CATHOLIC. 

Cathedral, Walnut Street, bet. Third and Fourth. 

Church of the Annunciation, Sixth and Chouteau 
Vvenue. 

Church of the Assumption, Eighth and Sidney 
Streets. 

Church of the Holy Trinity, (German Congrega- 
ion^) Eleventh and Malinckrodt Streets. 

Church of-'the Immaculate Conception, Eighth and 
^'hesnut Streets. 

St. Bridget's, Pratte Avenue and Carr Streets. 

St. Francis Xavier's Church, Ninth and Green Sts. 



42 HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 



St. John IS^epomreceue, (Bohemian Congrepjation,) 
No, 1626 South Twelfth Street. 

St. John the Evangelist, 102 Sixteenth and Ches- 
niit Streets. 

St. Liborius Church, (^German,) Nineteenth Street, 
between Warren and North Market. 

St. Joseph's Church, (German,) Eleventh and Bid- 
die Street. 

St. Lawrence O'Toole's Church, ^Fourteenth and 
OTaUon Streets. 

St. Malachi's Church, Clark Avenue and Summit 
Street. 

St. Mary of Yictor j. Third Street, between Cedar 
and Mulberry. 

St. Michael's Church, Jefferson and Eleventh Sts 

St. Patrick's Church, Sixth and Biddle Streets. 

St. Peter and Paul's Church, Seventh Street and 
Allen Avenue. 

St. Yincent de Paul's Church, Park Avenue anri 
Decatur Street. 

Church of Holy Angels, Chouteau Avenue. 

St. Theresa's Church, Grand Avenue. 

UNITARIAN. 

Church of the Messiah, Ninth and Olive Streets. 



HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS. 43 

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. 

OFFICE-CORNER OF FOURTH AND LOCUST STREETS, 
ST. LOXJIS, 3VLO. 

Livingston, Fargo & Co., Proprietors. E. Hayden, Agent. 



We desire to call the attention of strangers^ and 
residents of this city, to an institution which, at the 
present day, is as indispensable as the mails. We 
refer to the Company named at the head of this page, 
and speak from personal knowledge when we say, 
that persons doing business with them can rely upon 
civil treatment, fair dealing, and a 'prompt settlement of 
any losses or damages. Their lines extend over the 
entire NOETHEEN STATES, and is the only Ex- 
press Company in the city doing business in Canada. 
Their time between St, Louis and all Eastern Cities 
is as quick as by any other Express Company, and 
their route to Boston defies competition. We com- 
mend the ^^American" to our friends and patrons. 



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ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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LIFE INSURANCE company! 



PLL\T FREEMAX President. 

LORL\G AXDREWS Vice President. 

JOHN A. HABDE?>BERGH - - - Vice President. 
KENRY C. FREEMAN .... Secretary. 



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2:;|="Its growth has been unparalleled. 

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ORGANIZED JUNE, 1864, 



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53^ It issues all kinds of Policies. 

JCf= All its Policies are non-forfeitable. 

0= Policy holders have every reasonable advantage. 

2:1= Premiums are payable in Cash. 

Ii::;^^ Dividends and Losses are paid in Cash. 

3:3=lt receives no notes, and gives none. 



By the provisions of its Charter the entire surplus belongs to the 
Policy Holders, and must be paid to them m dividends or reserved for] 
their greater security. Dividends are made ou the contribution plan,] 
and paid annually, commencing two years from the date of the Policy. 

t:f=IT HAS ALREADY MADE TWO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS] 
AMOUNTING TO $102,000, AN AMOUNT NEVER BEFORE j 
EQUALLED DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF ANY^ 
COMPANY. 

This Company has no favorite members to whom it pays unac- 
countably large dividends for the purpose of advertising, but it treats 
all its membei's equitably. 

SOUTHWESTERN MANAGER. 

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